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CHARLES OWENS, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO ADDRESSOGRAPH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLI- NOIS.

PRINTING APPARATUS.

Speccation of Letters P'atent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application filed August 12, 1915, Serial No. 45,128. Renewed March 6, 1919. Serial No. 281,075.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES OwnNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing. Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to printing machines of the hand operated type in which an impression arm or member, preferably pivotally mounted, is provided with a handle at its free end for operating the same, the printing plates being fed individually from a hopper to and past the printing point and an inking ribbon being employed passing over the impression point for supplying the ink for making the impression.

The invention concerns particularly feed mechanism for a listing strip or other form or sheet to be printed, and multiple impression means.

Other features of the invention will be clear from the followingl description and the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings;

Figure l is a plan view of an addressing or printing machine embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the machine. e

Fig. 3 is a side elevation looking from the right of Fig. 1 with parts in section.

Fig. 4 is a front view partly in section, and,

Fig. 5 is a detail view partly in section of the clutch mechanism.

Figs. 6 to 1l relate to another form of the invention. Y

Fig. 12 is a detail view of the shuttle bar with the pivoted pawls mounted thereon.

Inthese drawings, l indicates the table or bed of the machine having a hopper 2 at one end thereof and a receiving receptacle 3 at the other end thereof, a runway 4 guiding the printing plates from the hopper 2 past the impression point to the receiver 3. At the rear of the table an impression arm 5 isV pivotally mounted, saidarm having an impression head 6 and a handle 7 at its free end, the arm4 being bent laterally toward the right from its impression end and having a hub 8 attached to aV rock shaft 9 journaled in suitable bearings 10, 11 on the underside of the bed or table. It will thus be seen that the impression arm is -pivoted off to one side of the impression point, leaving the table from front to rear in line with the impression point clear for the placing of the sheets to be printed or the movement of said sheets or strips past the impression point to the rear. The inking ribbon 12 passes lengthwise of the runway at the imshaft is operated step by step and one step for each operation of the impression arm by a pawl 17 connected with a disk or arm 18 fixed on the shaft 9, said pawl engaging a ratchet wheel 19 fixed on said ribbon shaft. The printing plates are fed along the runway step by step by a shuttle bar 20, dotted lines Fig. 2, said shuttle bar having pawls 21 pivotally mounted thereon for engaging the printing plates. 4The shuttle bar is reciprocated by a link 22 connected therewith, said link being connected with a bell crank lever 23 pivotally mounted below the table at 24, said bell crank being operated through a link 25 from an arm 2G on a shaft 27 journaled in a bearingV 28. This shaft is operated from an arm 29 extending from the hub 8 of the impression arm, the motion being communicated from said arm 29 to the shaft 27 through suitable controlling mechanism, which may be set by the operator to cause an operation of the shuttle bar mechanism just described at different intervals in respect to the strokes of the impression head, that is to say, the shuttle bar through this adjustable driving mechanism may be operated once for each two strokes of the im.- pression head so as to get duplicate impressions from the same plate or the mechanism may be set so that the shuttle bar will move at each third stroke of the impression head to get triplicate impressions from the same printing plate. This mechanism in its detailed construction forms no part of the present invention but is indicated generally at A and involves a pair of ratchet wheels 80 and 31 and pawls 30 and 31 and a controlling cam 32 for these pawls which may be set by turning the rod 33, said rod haying a finger knob 34 and a deteiit 35. The mechanism also includes a shaft 27 and an arm 36 having a channel or cam way in which a stud on the arm 29 works. The operator by turning the linger knob 34 can set the cam 32 so that either duplicate or triplicate impressions can be made from the same plate.

In order to feed the Aform sheets or strips to be printed upon past the impression point a feed wheel 38 is employed mounted on a shaft 39 journaled in the bearing 4() about the table. This feed wheel is arranged close to the impression point and at the right thereof as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. It cooperates with a companion wheel or feed roll 41 journaled in a fork 42 arranged in a recess in the table, the said fork having a downwardly extending forked portion 43 with a pin 44. A rod 45 having a cam shaped end 46 engages over this pin, the said rod extending to the front of the inachine and having a finger piece 47 by which the rod may be slid forward and backward and when moved forwardly the cam 46 acting upon the pin 44 will depress the fork carrying the roll, so that this may be separated from the feed wheel 38 whenever this is deemed necessary by the operator in iiiserting a form or manipulating the forni or sheet to be printed upon. The shaft of the listing or feed wheel 38 like the ai'ni 5 of the impression head extends toward the right of the machine and away from the inipression point and at its right hand end connection is made from this shaft to the right hand end of the impression arm, this construction or arrangement allowing` the table to be clear as above mentioned from front to rear iii line with the impression point for the placing, removal or movement of the sheets or forms printed or to be printed.

Various forms of connectingmeans may be used between the feed wheel shaft and the impression arm. In the particular construction shown this consi sts of a rocker arm 50 pivotally mounted by a pin 51 attached to said arm journaled in a bearing 52 above the table, the pin having` avcollar 53 se cured thereto. This rock arm has an eXtension 54 with a roller 55 thereon engaged by a cam or arm 56 extending upwardly from the hub 8 of the impressionarm. The rocker arm is drawn by a spring 57 which maintains its roller in contact with the cam and returns the rocker arm in the opposite link 53 is connected with one member 63 of a clutch, this kmember being loosely mounted ou the end of the shaft 39 of the feed wheel, this mounting being effected by a screw 64. The' other member of the clutch 63 is secured by a pin 65 to the said shaft and has its rim 66 surrounding the main or hub portion 67 of the clutch member 63. This clutch memberl 63 has pockets 68 therein containing clutch rolls 69 pressed by springs 70. Now when the clutch member 63 is moved in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 5) the clutch rollers tending to move toward the narrow ends of the pockets 68 will clutch the rim `66 of the clutch member 63 and carry the same along with it and thus the shaft 39 will be turned to operate the feed wheel 3S to feed the listing sheet oi' strip the desired distance in respect to the impressionpoint. This feeding action takes place during the downward movement of the impression head and is' completed ust before the impression head makes theimpression. The feeding action is due to the cani 56 moving away from under the roller 55 and the spring 57 following up this movement of the cam and rocking the arm 50 toward the right. The cam is so shaped that the feed movement will be completed just before the impression head completes its downward movement.

Now in order to prevent the feed wheel from having any backward movement as the impression head rises or in other words to prevent the feed wheel from having any backward movement between its forward feeding actions, I provide detent means con 69 to grip the rim 63 and thereby hold this rim against backward movement so that no retrograde movement of the feed wheel 38 can take place.

It will be observed that the feed wheel 38 is at the terminal of thel shaft 39 and all the mechanism relating to the operation of this feed wheel and its control is located to the right thereof leaving as before stated the surface of the table-to the left and in front and in rear .of said feed wheel entirely clear for the placing, removal or' movement of kthe sheets to be printed.

A gage or guide 73 is adjustably mounted by its arm 74 in a bearing 75, this guide determining the position of the right hand edge of the sheets to be printed. Y

The invention is not limited to a machine in which the plate feeder is operated from the hand operated impression arm as other means may be employed for effecting the feed of the plates.

The invention is not limited to operating the sheet feeding mechanism on the downward movement of the impression arm, as it may be operated at a different time in respect thereto.

By adjusting the block 59 to different points along the rocking arm 50 different eXtents of feed movement may be imparted to the sheets or strips to be -printed or by adjusting the block to a position centrally in line with the aXis of the pivot 5l the feed wheel will remain at rest while the impression arm is operated.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 8 is shown a machine having certain modications in structure. Instead of connecting the link 58 directly to one of the members of the clutch which operates the feed wheel an indirect connection is employed consisting of the arm on the shaft of a segmental gear 8l, which shaft is mounted in a post, or bearing 82. This segmental gear meshes with a .pinion 83 connected to the clutch member 63X which operates like the clutch member 63 before mentioned.

The plate feed connections whereby duplicating and triplicating of the impressions canbe done is modified in this last mentioned form of machine, this mechanism being mainlymounted on a link which derives its motion from the pivotally mounted impression arm. The plate feed includes however, the bell crank lever 23 as in theV first form, the link 22 anda shuttle bar having` means to engage and feed the plates. The bell crank lever is operated from a link 25 some` what after the manner of the link 25 before mentioned but with the following differences. This link in the present form of machine is operated from the rock shaft 9, said rock shaft having an arm Qaidepending therefrom to' which the link is connected. The link at its other end carries a pivoted pawl 88X to engage a pinv 84 fixed on a sliding member 85, which is connected pivotally to the bell crank lever 23. The sliding member is slotted for guidance on the shaft 85 of the duplicating-triplicating mechanism. This mechanism is known to the trade as the du-tri. This mechanism consists of ratchet wheels 86, 87 on the said shaft or pin 85 which is carried by the said link 25. One of these ratchet lwheels has four teeth and the other siX teeth. The end of the shaft 85 is cam shaped consisting simply of a flat member 88 extending transversely of the end of said shaft and this fiat cam member underlies the pawl 83" so that when said member is turned so that itstands vertically it will lift the pawl 83X so that it will not strik@J the pin 84 and thus the bell crank 23 will not be operated and the plate feed will remain at rest so that another impression or impressions may be made from the plate now at the printing point. The position of 70 the cam is changed by the rotation of the ratchet wheels which are liXed to the cam shaft. These ratchet wheels are adapted to be engaged by pawl 90 mounted between collars 91 on a rod 92 slidable in suitable bearings on the underside of the table of the machine. The end of this rod comes up through a slot in the table and has a finger piece 93 by which the rod may be slid to position the pawl in line with either the four tooth or six tooth ratchet.

Now supposing the pawl is in line with the four tooth ratchet the movement of the link 25 derived from the impression arm will carry the ratchets along with it because theshaft of said ratchets is as above stated mounted in the link, and when the link moves back on the downward movement of the impression arm, the ratchet will be brought into engagement with the pawl and fwill be turned thereby and if on the former stroke of the impression arm the cam 88 was then in position to allow the pawl 83X to be down andV a feed ofa plate to the impression point took place the cam will be turned 95 by the above operation to lift the pawl 88X to inoperative position z'. e. to miss the pin 84. This takes place as stated on the downward movement of the impression arm to make an impression in connection with the plate already at the impression point.

Now on the rise of the impression arm the link 25 will perform an idle stroke, that is, it will not operate the bell crank and printing plate feeding shuttle bar so that the printing plate at the impression point from which one impression has been taken will remain there while the impression arm is being operated downwardly for the second time and thus a duplicate impression will be made from this plate. During this downward movement of the impression arm however, the four tooth ratchet again has been brought into operative engagement with the pawl 9() and thereby the cam 88 will be 115 turned to lower the pawl 83X and therefore upon the rise of the impression arm a feed of the plates will take place, the plate at the impression point being moved away therefrom'while a new plate is brought to the im- 120 pression point.

By adjusting the pawl 90 so as to operate the siX tooth ratchet triplicate impressions will be taken from the one plate, it requiring three step movements ofthe cam shaft to change the cam 88 to allow lthe pawl 83X to be down or to lift it out of work.

The impression arm in both forms of the vmachine is raised by aspring 94. A suitable index 95 is placed adjacent a pointer at the 130 finger piece 93 bearing the markings Duplicate,7 Triplicate and .Consecutive so that the operator by setting the pointer can get either of these actions, in respect to the order or number of impressions desired from the plates.

I claim as my invention l. In combination, a table or bed, printing plates, a hand operated impression arm pivotally mounted at its rear end and having a handle and an impression member at its free end, means vfor feeding the printing plates in a direction transverse to the plane of movement of the pivoted impression arm, said means being actuated by the impression arm, a wheel for feeding the sheets arranged with its lower edge at the surface of the table and a shaft for turning the wheel extending parallel with the plane of move! ment of the printing plates and connections extending from the oscillating arm to said shaft for. turning the wheel step by step in one direction, substantially as described.

2. In printing apparatus, and in combination, a table or bed, printing plates, means for feeding the printing plates, a hand operated impression member, feed means for the sheets or strip to be printed consisting of a wheel arranged with its lower edge at the surface of the table, said wheel being operated from said hand operated impression member, and an inking ribbon mechanism operated from the hand operated impression member, substantially as described.

3. In printing apparatus and in combination a table or bed, printing plates, means for-feeding the printing plates, a hand operated impression member pivotally sup.- ported to have oscillating movement and having a handle and an impression head at its free end, feed means for the sheets to be printed upon comprising a wheel journaled at a fixed point with its lower edge at the surface of the table and connections between the oscillating impression arm and said wheel to convert the back and forth movement of the arm into a rotary step by step forward movement of the wheel at said fixed point, substantially as described.

4. In printing apparatus, and in combination a table or bed, printing plates, means for feeding the printing plates, a hand operated impression member pivotally supported, and feed means for the sheets or strip to be printed, operated from said impression member, said impression arm extending laterally from the impression head to, its point of pivotal support and substantially transversely in respect to the plane in which the impression head moves, and said feeding means for the sheets or strips being located off to one side of the impression point and as a whole on the same side thereof on which the pivot of the impressite side of the disk from the impression point, and means for operating the said shaft, substantially as described.

6. In combination in hand operated printingapparatus, al table, printing plate feeding means, an impression arm having an impression head at its free end, said impression arm being bent laterally from the plane in which the impression head moves, and said arm being pivotally mounted, a feed wheel or disk for the sheets or strips to be printed, a shaft carrying said feed wheel at its end, said shaft extending away from the impression point and on the side Vof the wheel opposite to that of the impression point, and means for driving said shaft step by step in one direction from the impression arm, substantially as described.

7. In combination in a printing machine, a hand operated impression arm pivotally mounted and having an impression head at its free end, means for feeding the printing plates, a feed wheel for the sheets or strips to be printed on, a shaft arranged above the table of the machine carrying said feed wheel, and a connection from the said shaft to the pivoted impression arm to be operated thereby, said connection including a clutch shell secured to the shaft and having two overhanging ianges, an oscillatory pocketed clutch disk having clutch rollers within one overhanging flange, a connection from said disk to the impression arm, and a fixed pocketed disk within the other overhanging flange having rollers in its pockets to act as detent means, substantially as described.

8. In combination in a printing machine, a hand operated impression arm pivotally mounted and having an impression head at its free end, means for feeding the printing plates, a feed wheel for the sheets or strips to be printed on, a shaft arranged above the table of the machine carrying said feed wheel, and a connection from the said shaft to the pivoted impression arm to be operated thereby, said connection including a pivotally mounted rocker arm operated from the pivotally mounted impression arm, and a link and clutch between said rocker Varm and the-feed wheel shaft, substantially as described.

9. In combination in a printing machine,

Va hand operated impression arm pivotally :mounted and having an impression head at its free end, means for feeding the printing plates, a feed wheel for the sheets or strips to be printed on, a shaft arranged above the table of the machine carrying said feed wheel,and a connection from the said shaft to the pivoted impression arm to be oper- 'feeding the sheets or forms to be printed on,

a pivotally mounted rocker arm, a connection between the same and the feed wheel shaft, and a cam connected Withthe pivoted end of the impression arm for operating the said rocker arm, substantially as described.

11. In combination a table, a pivotally mounted impression arm, means for feeding printing plates along the table, inking ribbon mechanism, a feed wheel for the sheets or strips to be printed upon arranged adjacent the impression point journaled at'a fixed point and having a rotary step by step movement forwardly, and connections from the pivoted end of the impression arm to the ribbon feed, plate feed, andv feed wheel, a part of said connections Vconverting the oscila lating movement of the impression arm into said rotary step by step movement of the v feed wheel, substantially as described.

12. In combination a table having a runway for printing plates, ribbon mechanism, a pivotally mounted impression arm, a rock shaft forming the pivot of said arm, means for feeding the printing plates, a back and forth moving connection between the rock shaft and the plate feed means for operating said plate feed means, a connection from the rock shaft for operating the ribbon mechanism, a'rotatable member for feeding the paper, and a connection from the pivoted end of the impression arm for operating the .feed step by step in one direction, substantially as described.

13. In combination a table, a pivotally mounted impression arm having an impression head at its free end, a feed wheel for the sheets or strips to be printed arranged adjacent the impression point, a shaft carry ing said feed wheel, a clutch on said shaft, a link connected with the clutch, a pivotally mounted rockerarm for operating the link, said rocker arm having a rearward extension, a cam connected with the pivoted end of the impression arm working upon the rearward extension of the rocker arm, and a spring acting upon the rocker arm, substantially as described.

14. In combination in a printing apparatus an impression head, a printing plate feed including a plate engaging device, a connection for operating the plate feed from the impression head includingr a link, a pawl thereon, means operated by the pawl for imparting movement to the plate engaging device, and means for controlling the pawl comprising a cam carried by the link and engaging the pawl, and a ratchet Wheel carried by the link and connected with the cam for driving the same, and a second pawl, for turning the ratchet, said ratchet moving bodilyV with the link to be operatively engaged by said second pawl and means for adjusting said second pawl into and out of line with the ratchet, substantially as described.

- 15. In combination a plate feeding device, an impression arm having back and forth movement, a bell crank lever operating about a vertical pivot, a link connecting said bell crank lever with the plate feeding device, a link connected with the impression arm, a pawl carried by said last mentioned link, a cam for controlling the pawl, a ratchet wheel carried by the link to set the cam and thus make the pawl eifective or ineffective and a second pawl, on the fixed frame, for operating the ratchet as it is bodily moved by the link and means for setting the second pawl to be engaged by or missed by the ratchet, substantially as described.

16. In combination an impression arm, a rock shafttowhich said arm is fixed, said `arm having a handle at its free end by which it may be operated, an impression head at the free end of the arm, a printing plate engaging device, inking ribbon mechanism, a cam connected with the rock shaft for operating the inking ribbon mechanism,

a link connected with the rock shaft, a bell crank lever connected with the plate engaging device, a pawl carried by the link for operating the bell crank and means carried partly by the link and partly supported on the fixed frame for rendering said pawl effective or ineffective, substantially as described.

17. In combination a table, a reciprocating plate feeder for moving the plates along the table, an impression arm pivotally mounted at the rear of the table, and swing ing in a direction at right angles to the direction of movement of the plate feeder, a link connected with the pivoted end of the impression arm and moving in a direction transverse to the plane in which the plate feeder reciprocates, a pawl carried by said link, connections operated by said pawl for moving the plate feeder, and means for automatically eliminating the function of Vsaid pawl at times to permit a plurality of lplate feeder, a link in connection with the pivoted end of the impression arm, and operating in a direction transverse to the direction of `movement of the plate feed, a link operating in a direction substantially parallel with the plate feed and connected thereto, connecting means intermediate of said links for operating the last named link from that first mentioned, and means for throwing the said intermediate connection out of operation at times to allow the plate feeder to remain at rest while the impression arm is operated to thereby make a plurality of impressions from the same plate, substantially as described.

19. In combination a table having a runway for printing plates, and a feeder therefor operating along the runway, an impression arm pivotally mounted at the rear of the table and operating in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of the plate feeder, a link connected with the pivoted end of the impression arm and operating in a direction transversely of the plane of movement of the plate feeder, a bell crank lever pivoted on a vertical axis beneath the table, a sliding member connected Copies of this patent may be obtained for with said bell crank lever and having a pin, a pawl connected with the link and adapted to engage a pin, said link being slotted for the reception of said pin, a cam for controlling the engagement of the pawl with the pin, a shaft carrying said cam mounted in the link and extending through a slot in the sliding member, a toothed wheel on theV cam shaft, a pawl shiftably mounted -on the frame for engaging the toothed wheel at times, and a link connection from the bell crank lever to the plate feeder, substantially as described.

20. In printing apparatus, and in combination, a table or bed, printing plates, means for feeding the printing plates, a hand operated impression member pivotally supported to` have oscillating movement and having a handleand an impression head at its free end, feed means for thev sheets or strip to be printed, comprising a wheel journaled at a fixed point over the table, and connections from the oscillating impression arm to convert said oscillatmg movement into a rotary step by step forward movement of the wheel at said fixed point, said sheet or strip feeding means being located wholly to one side of the impression point, leaving the table Iat the otherside of the impression point free, substantially as described. y

In testimony whereof, I` aii'ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES OWENS. Witnesses A. R. FERGUSON, E. J. POHLMANN.

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